Fiscal Year 1999 was a year of both accomplishment and transition for the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).; DEQ completed the move to the downtown Oklahoma City headquarters as the State Environmental Laboratory section of the...

Lake Thunderbird was constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation and began operation in 1966. Designated uses of the dam and the impounded water are flood control, municipal water supply, recreation, and fish and wildlife propagation. As a municipal...

On January 4, 2012, the state of Oklahoma, its Department of Human Services (DHS) and Children’s Rights, a national advocacy organization, reached an agreement in a long-standing federal class action lawsuit against the state on behalf of children...

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) produced the Licensed and Certified Occupations of Oklahoma. The purpose of the handbook is to provide students, clients, counselors and other interested persons with information concerning...

The City of Oklahoma City requested URS-Dallas office to perform an intensive level architectural and historical resources investigation for the purposes of conducting the fourth phase of a citywide multi-phase historic resources survey. The phased...

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May 2012 is Older Americans Month; Public Fleet Conversion Program Grants Awarded; Rural Economic Development Enhanced with 2012 REAP Grants; More than $1 Million Awarded for Transportation Services Improvement; INCOG Receives National Planning...

Lake Thunderbird is listed in Chapter 45, Part 5 of the Oklahoma Water Quality Standards (OWQS) as a Sensitive Water Supply (SWS) (OAC 785:45-5-25(C)(4)). In 2013, lake water quality monitoring by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) continued...

The task force was created per House Concurrent Resolution No. 1044 of the 1st session of the 41st Oklahoma Legislature and re-created and reorganized per House Concurrent Resolution No. 1090.; The task force was formed to study the criminal...

Objective: Develop or refine comprehensive bird conservation plans for five Bird Conservation Regions in Oklahoma. The development of each plan will include the identification of regionally important bird species and their habitat needs as well as...

Oklahoma has long been home to some of the best bobwhite quail hunting and quail habitat in the nation. The distinct call of the bobwhite has become a symbol of the Oklahoma countryside, and sportsmen and their dogs from Oklahoma as well as...

Lake Thunderbird is listed in Chapter 45, Table 5 of the Oklahoma Water Quality Standards (OWQS) as a Sensitive Water Supply (SWS) (OAC 785:45). In 2012, lake water quality monitoring by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) continued to focus...

This time of the year is known for reflecting and sharing radition. And this winter, the Wildlife Department asks you to start (or continue) the tradition of giving back to wildlife by participating in the 2013 Winter Bird Feeder Survey.; A Sleepy...

The federal Medicaid program dates back more than 40 years; it was created as part of the welfare system in the 1960s. It was originally designed to assist the poor, mainly children and elderly or disabled adults. However, today one out of five...

The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, cooperating departments and experimental farms conducted a series of experiments on field vegetable production. Data were recorded on a majority of aspects of each study, and can include...

Oklahoma Water Resources Board is legislatively charged with the assignment and protection of beneficial uses for all Oklahoma waters. In order to accomplish this, a Use Attainability Analysis protocol was developed in the early 1980’s. This...